Continuing Professional Development

The revised Continuing Professional Development practice standard was published on November 1, 2025, and following a one-year transition, the practice standard became enforceable November 1, 2026. All licensed professionals now have their CPD requirements assigned in myAPEGA.

Licensed professionals must complete their annual CPD requirements before the deadline shown on their myAPEGA dashboard.

Please note: If you do not complete these requirements before your due date listed in myAPEGA, your CPD period will be marked as not compliant.

Licensed professionals must keep a record of their PACE plan, including supporting documentation for CPD activities and a written explanation of how the activities contributed to their continuing competence.

Licensed professionals must adhere to the CPD requirements annually, but the Continuing Professional Development practice standard allows flexibility for individual circumstances. Licensed professionals must complete the required learning modules and tailor their PACE plan specific to their current needs and professional circumstances.

If licensed professionals are experiencing serious individual circumstances that affect or impede their ability to comply with this practice standard, they should address those circumstances directly with their employer. If necessary, licensed professionals can submit a request for a CPD exception for extenuating circumstances. See above for more information on how to submit.

As of August 24, 2026, if your home address is outside Alberta (but within Canada), you primarily practise engineering or geoscience in your jurisdiction of residence (your home jurisdiction), you are registered with the regulator in that Canadian jurisdiction, and you meet that regulator’s continuing competence or CPD requirements, you can submit a request directly in myAPEGA for an exception from APEGA’s CPD requirements.

You must have no outstanding conditions on your APEGA registration or any incomplete APEGA continuing competence requirement reviews. If your request is approved, you will continue meeting the CPD requirements of your home jurisdiction instead of APEGA’s.

This change reflects the continued collaboration between all 12 Canadian engineering and geoscience regulators and Engineers Canada to improve interprovincial mobility by reducing unnecessary duplication in the professional development reporting process for licensed professionals registered in multiple jurisdictions in Canada.

Log in to your myAPEGA account and select “Reporting in Another Jurisdiction CPD Exception” from the CPD dropdown menu to see all eligibility criteria.

APEGA’s Continuing Professional Development practice standard was informed by the continuing professional development and education programs of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan and Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC). The PACE plan is similar to EGBC’s Continuing Education Program requirements.

The learning modules are available through myAPEGA’s learning management system. Licensed professionals can access them by logging in to myAPEGA and selecting CPD Requirements from the CPD drop-down menu.

View the CPD user guide for instructions on how to access your requirements.

Licensed professionals must complete all assigned learning modules each year, even if they have completed the modules previously or are already familiar with the content.

While some of the content in the mandatory learning modules will remain the same to build a consistent foundation of knowledge among licensed professionals, the modules will be continually reviewed and updated. Content may be periodically adjusted to reflect changes to legislation and practice publications, and knowledge checks and case studies will be reviewed and updated to stay current with industry trends.

To meet the intention of the practice standard, licensed professionals should create their PACE plan at the start of their CPD period. It is recommended that they use the APEGA-provided PACE plan template, which includes self-evaluation exercises to determine competency needs. The PACE plan is a resource to help licensed professionals plan CPD activities for the year, and it should be maintained and updated throughout the CPD period as CPD activities are completed and competency needs change.

A PACE plan must include at least two CPD activities: one in the technical category and one in any of the other three categories. Beyond these minimum requirements, the quality of a licensed professional’s CPD activities is more important than the quantity. Refer to the Personal Annual Competency Evaluation guideline for more information.

No, it is each licensed professional’s responsibility to determine and justify the professional development they need to maintain their competence.

Licensed professionals are responsible for determining the activities they need to maintain their technical competence based on their current and planned career path. All licensed professionals must maintain and develop their technical skills, including those working in project management, management, leadership, consulting, or teaching roles.

For examples of activities that may satisfy the technical CPD activity requirement, refer to Section 3.5.1.1 of the Personal Annual Competency Evaluation guideline.

Licensed professionals can update their PACE plan throughout their CPD period as their professional development needs change. It is each licensed professional’s responsibility to keep their PACE plan up to date and ensure the minimum requirements are met.

The PACE plan should include meaningful and relevant CPD activities that maintain or enhance a licensed professional’s competence. Each activity should relate to the skills and knowledge identified in the PACE plan and include an explanation of how the activity contributes to the licensed professional’s competence.

For examples of CPD activities, refer to Section 3.5.1 of the Personal Annual Competency Evaluation guideline.

As required by the Continuing Professional Development practice standard, the PACE plan must include supporting documentation as evidence of completed CPD activities.

Supporting documentation should provide details about the activity, such as the title, organizer or provider, date, and duration. Examples include registration confirmations, course certificates, presentation outlines, article abstracts, calendar entries, meeting agendas, and emails. If an activity does not have formal documentation, a detailed description of the CPD activity may be suitable as supporting documentation.

The Practice Review Board (PRB) may request a licensed professional’s PACE plan at any time, so licensed professionals must keep their plan and supporting documentation up to date. If a licensed professional is selected for a CPD review, the PRB or an APEGA staff designate will contact them and ask them to submit their PACE plan and all supporting documentation.

If a licensed professional does not provide a complete written record of their PACE plan within the specified time frame, their registration may be cancelled in accordance with General Regulation 19.1 under the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.